Sought-after ballpoint signature, "Frank Zappa,” on the reverse of off-white 5 x 3.5 backstage pass for a Zappa concert at Southeastern Massachusetts University. The pass is also signed by percussionist Ruth Underwood. In very good condition, with overall creasing and a vertical fold. On December 2, 1973, Zappa and The Mothers of Invention played at the Southeastern Massachusetts University Gym in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, with the support of Tom Waits, who recalls the tour fondly: 'Oh, it didn't go over. It was a complete mismatch…I had fun, some nights. But I had to have Frank on stage to keep them from hurting me. They were Frank's people, you know? They didn't want to hear anybody. And they thought that whoever was coming out before Frank, Frank had designed it that way and wanted them to hurt me: pelt me, throw things at me and abuse me. And the chant: 'We! Want! Frank!' Or 'You suck!' was also a big favourite.' From the collection of Stephen Adamson.
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